There is a rap on YouTube,
but some schools will not let you access the site.

Help from AAPT
for High School Teachers

High School
Physics Teacher Grant

It is the goal
of the AAPT to encourage high school teachers to experiment and improve on
their teaching practices. It is our belief that as teaching practice improves,
then physics enrollment and excitement among students increase. As a result, we
offer the High School Physics Teacher Grant. We hope that this grant can
provide the funds to kick start the implementation of these practices.

The grant(s)
are given each year to teachers whose proposal meets the goal of the grant.
That is, the procedure should result in better teaching practice, student
understanding and interest, and/or increased enrollment. Also, the
proposal should contain some innovative ideas. For example, the proposal may
use a new teaching method or an adaptation of an existing idea.

Help students explore what it's really like to be a
physicist--register your class for Adopt-a-Physicist.

Adopt-a-Physicist connects high school physics classes
with physics alumni via online message boards. In this supervised,
Facebook-like forum, students and physicists can talk candidly about careers,
school, work, and family balance.

How it works:

-Physicists and classes create online profiles -Classes
view profiles of registered physicists and "adopt" three whose
interests align with theirs -Physicists and students interact through
discussion forums for a three-week period (Sept. 29 - Oct. 17)

Teacher registration is open now and space is limited, so
visit www.adoptaphysicist.org
today for more information and to register!

This program is led by Sigma Pi Sigma, the physics honor
society, which is administered by the Society of Physics Students of the
American Institute of Physics.

The
Alabama Science Teachers Association Conference is September 30th
and October 1st at the McWayne Center in Birmingham.Go to: